Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise is pleased to invite you to join us on this special day as we launch our new bilingual services book. The purpose of the book is to facilitate bilingual worship and open up the possibilities of new theological insights in our experience of worship.

We are very pleased that our friends in the Church in Wales will be with us as it was their texts which inspired us to produce this book. We will be hearing from them during the seminar, which will be held in the Music Room, upstairs in Christ Church Cathedral. We will learn of the measures under consideration in the Church in Wales to give the Welsh language an enhanced place in the life of the Church there. The delegation will be led by the Bishop of Bangor, the Rt. Rev Andrew John, and include Mr. Cynog Davis, former MP and AM for Ceredigion, Rev Canon Nia Catrin Williams, Diocese of Bangor and Rev. Gwynn ap Gwilym, Bishops’ Adviser for Church Affairs. The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, the Rt Rev Michael Burrows (patron of Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise), Archdeacon Gary Hastings, and Dáithí Ó Maolchoille will also speak to these issues in an Irish context.

The formal launch of the new services book will be in the Crypt at 5.00 followed by a trilingual Evensong at 6.00. Every language has its own atmosphere and melody, and we hope to proclaim the wonderful works of God in all our languages.

Background Information Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise: The Irish Guild of the Church was founded in 1914 to (1) promote all that tends to preserve within the Church of Ireland the spirit of the ancient Celtic Church and to provide a bond of union for all members of the Church of Ireland inspired with Irish ideals, (2) promote the use of the Irish language in the Church, (3) collect from Irish sources suitable hymns and other devotional literature, (4) encourage the use of Irish art and music in the Church.